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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1872

196 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 10

District News. Muscle Brook. (From our own Correspondent.) Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday evening, July 3rd. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Clendining and Treble. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed…

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Wednesday, July 3, 1872. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 2

There was not a quorum present, and the House was adjourned until 4 o'clock on Thursday…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1872 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held at the Council Chambers, Devonshire-street, on Friday evening. Present: Aldermen Arkins, Bussell, Bowden, Cracknell, Crennan, Lindsay, Riley, Smith,…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, July 4, 1[?]72. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1872 · page 2

The President took the chair at thirty minutes past four o'clock. BLUE BOOK. Mr. SAMUEL laid upon the table the Blue Book for…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1872 · page 2

An ordinary fortnightly meeting of this Council was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Wingrave, Jones, Meiklejohn, and Sim. The minutes of the…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1872 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Monday evening, in the Chamber, Maitland Mechanics' Institute, Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Atkinson, Cains, Chambers, Cullum,…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 3

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Quinn, Wright, Robinson, Bowman, and Magure, The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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(From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, July 10, 1872. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 5

The President took the chair at twenty-seven minutes past four o'clock. Mr. SAMUEL had upon the table the report of the Government Astronomer for 1871, and an abstract of…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, July 11. 1872. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1872 · page 2

The President took the chair at twenty-seven minutes past 4 o'clock. In answer to Mr. Charles Campbell, Mr. SAMUEL said that the Government had not the power to…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1872 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Tuesday evening in the office, East Maitland. Present: Councillors Blissett, Crennan, Bowden, and Cracknell. In the absence of the Warden,…

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Council of Education

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1872 · page 4

We have received from the Government Printing Office the annual report of the Council of Education for the year 1871. The table of general statistics shows that there were during…

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(from The S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, July 17, 1872. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1872 · page 6

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-seven minutes past four o'clock. Leave of absence was granted for one week to Mr. G. Allen, in consequence of a death in that…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1872 · page 4

A meting of this Council was held at the Council Chambers, Devonshire-street on Friday evening. Present:—Aldermen Rourke, Arkins, Bus-sell, Riley, Crennan, Bowden, Lindsay, and Cracknell. In the…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S.M. Herald.) Thursday, July l8, 1872. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1872 · page 4

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 4 o'clock. Mr. SAMUEL laid on the table the by-laws of the municipality of Ryde, and the report of the trustees…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1872 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Monday evening in the Chamber, Maitland Mechanics' Institute. Present: Aldermen Chambers, McLoughlin, Cunningham, Sparke, Ewing, and…

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Wednesday, July 24, 1872. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 5

Mr. WEEKES moved.—"That fourteen days' leave of absence be given to Mr. Bourn Russell on account of illness." Motion agreed to…

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District News. Singleton. (From our Correspondent.) Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 4

A meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present: Alderman Quinn (chair), Aldermen Maguire, Wilson, Wright, Robinson, and Dalton. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, July 2[?], 1872. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 5

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-seven minutes past 4 o'clock. Mr. SAMUEL laid upon the table further correspondence with reference to the Border Duties…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1872 · page 4

A special meeting of this Council was held on Friday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Arkins, Bussell, Crennan, Cracknell, Bowden, Smith, Riley, Rourke, and Wilkinson. The minutes of the…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, July 30, 1872. the Council and the Government

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1872 · page 2

MR. DARLEY may be a sound lawyer, but be has shown himself to be a very untrustworthy authority upon the theory and practice of representative government. A few weeks ago,…

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